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  "title": "Current International Issues in Tax Law Design (TLWD)",
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  "summary": "Current International Issues in Tax Law Design Training Program Target Audience Director-Generals or Commissioners of tax authorities of Belt and Road Initiative countries, or their deputies.",
  "publishDate": "2020-10-24",
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      "heading": "Target audience and qualifications",
      "content": "- Target Audience:\n  - Director-Generals or Commissioners of tax authorities of Belt and Road Initiative countries, or their deputies.\n- Qualifications:\n  - Participants should have a solid knowledge of fiscal and tax law.\n  - Participants should have strong English reading and speaking skills."
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      "heading": "Course description",
      "content": "- Presented by staff and experts of the IMF Legal Department.\n- Focuses on current international issues in tax law design.\n- Covers a wide range of issues on the agenda of today's tax policymakers, especially:\n  - Cross-border and base erosion issues related to income and consumption taxes.\n  - Various tax law design issues relevant to foreign direct investments."
    },
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      "heading": "Course objectives",
      "content": "Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:\n- Explain the links between various fiscal laws and their implications.\n- Identify key legal and current policy issues and best practice approaches to addressing them, such as through law reform.\n- Analyze and assess domestic tax legislation against international best practices.\n- Identify legal design approaches that have proven effective, based on cross-jurisdictional experiences shared by presenters and fellow participants.\n- Explain to stakeholders proposed amendments to tax legislation and support those proposals in discussions and consultation procedures with stakeholders."
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